Another feat: 1 crore-plus fully inoculated in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has achieved the milestone of having one crore fully vaccinated population.
According to data on CoWin portal, 1,00,94,961 people had taken the second dose in the state till 9 pm on Saturday.
With this, UP became the third state in the country to have over one crore fully vaccinated people. Maharashtra leads on the count with 1.4 crore people to have taken both the doses while Gujarat is next where 1.04 crore people are fully immunised.
Among districts, Lucknow is the only one in the state where more than five lakh people are fully immunised.
Meanwhile, the total number of doses administered in the state reached 6.35 crore, including 5.34 crore people who have taken at least one dose.
In terms of age group, 3.27 crore people in the 18-plus age group have taken at least one dose while 1.89 crore people in the 45-plus age group have been vaccinated. Among the elderly, 1.18 crore people have been immunised.
Meanwhile, 25 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total to 17,09,100. Of these, 16,85,901 have recovered and 22,792 have died. The state is now left with 407 active cases.